FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 947 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST
FRIDAY...
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST FRIDAY.
WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN
FOR PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA TONIGHT...BEFORE THE RAIN TAPERS
OFF BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN
INCH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. HOWEVER...PORTIONS OF
THE BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT FROM BLACK MOUNTAIN TO NEAR SALUDA MAY
HAVE DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING ONE QUARTER INCH. IN
ADDITION TO THE ICE...SOUTHEAST WINDS MAY REACH 25 TO 35 MPH AND
MAY GUST TO BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY
MORNING... MAINLY ABOVE 3500 FEET. THESE WINDS...COMBINED WITH ANY
ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY CAUSE HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS...
ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL
CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW
DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 938 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR
THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER AT BLANTYRE.
* FROM SATURDAY MORNING TO MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT 8 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.2 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* BANKFULL STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...IF THE CURRENT PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS HOLD...FLOOD STAGE
MAY BE REACHED EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...AROUND 100 AM EST. THE RIVER
MAY ALSO CREST AT 17.0 FEET BY 100 AM SUNDAY MORNING.
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